Stakeholders and the general public were enjoined to participate in consultations to address the top issues that hound the country’s education system. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), the Congressional body created through the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement effective intervention programs to help struggling learners catch up with their studies. Gatchalian made the call following reports flagging “mass promotion” in basic education schools, warning that this...
Senator Sonny Angara (Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara, one of the commissioners of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), is pushing for the use of technology in solving the country’s education problems. During the alignment meeting between EDCOM 2...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian stressed on Thursday, April 13 the importance of employing a whole-of-government approach in addressing the challenges of providing quality education to Filipino learners. He said the concerned agencies could take advantage of their respective expertise...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 13, underscored the need for “collective efforts” in addressing the problems faced by the country’s education sector. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the meeting between the Second Congressional Commission on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, March 12 said the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) will study the challenges hounding the K to 12 curriculum, including the implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) to determine where Filipino students can...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said it is high-time for the government to address the jobs-skills mismatch surrounding technical-vocational education and training (TVET). Villanueva made the call during the first Standing Committee meeting of the Second Congressional Commission on Education...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) will make a thorough assessment of the Philippine’s education system over the next three years with the aim of coming up with solutions to the problems plaguing the sector. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, one of the six...
Before the Department of Education (DepEd) presented its first-ever Basic Education Report (BER), lawmakers met with education experts from various fields to have a strategic discussion for the country’s education reform. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The BER 2023, to be delivered by...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, January 17 said he expects the Department of Education (DepEd) to release an “honest-to-goodness” report at the end of this month on the current state of the Philippines’ basic education. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education,...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) is all set to perform an evaluation on the Philippine education sector’s performance starting January 2023. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, co-chairperson of EDCOM II, said this will boost the Marcos administration’s effort to effectively...
As the country continues to face a learning crisis, the advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) welcomed on Thursday, Nov. 10, the designation of the conferees of Congress in the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II). Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in...
